Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-13

different directions were the COrpses Of
men, women and children, dressed in the
clothing in which they had met their
death. In the empty store there were
counted twenty-nine cCrpses at one time.
Their clothing was torn and disnevel!ed
sud their stifened hands and arms n
many Instances crossed over their breasts.
TIE heads OF the dead were generally
tangled frightfully aud we've arrays Gov
cred by some article Of clothing,
The face Of young WOmsn WHO was
lying on me floor of the depot ha3 been
so beaten in by ti-Gbers
that recognition wzs out Of
the question, and the brains and fest Of
her face were pulpy mass in which tab-
bled her long red hair. She Was not
identified.
4 man with a hesvy dark mustacke,
who was about thirty five years q 2ge,
hsd been struck In the face by some su0-
stance which tore sway mis- jaw and the
side of his face, leaving mis- throat and
the lower part OF his face exposed.
A fve-yesr-old boy with Chubby fsCe
and curly hsir, looked contented and
smiling. His legs were not alone broken,
but the flesh was m2ngIed badly, and hsu
the appearance of beef. His chest was
crushed in and his body was covered with
bruises.
Nearly every corpse was mangIed or
dishgured. The faces of some of the
desd we're black, while others were death
y white.
The distorted features, wide staring
eyes and purifying wounds Of the bodies
in the station were gazed Ct but for an
instant, even by those looking for miss
iGg mother or daughter. In few hours
one of the young women with light red
hair would be absolutely undergraduate
from the effects OF the heat.
Close by her, raised above the other
seven cOrpses in the room, was the dead
body OF q pOrtly man supported on 8
couple of old boxes. He was in his stock
ing feet and COatless and was rapidly de-
Csy!ng.
The other dead men on the floor wore
in as bad q condition. Outside Oh the
platform of the depot were several collins
filled with those identified during
the night. The east eud of
the depot was even in worse
/ confusion. The floor was strewn with
unclaimed baggage IN an inextricable mix
Little sknots OF people were porting over
| the satChels and masses of soiled and torn
underwear, bringing to light here little
infants garments and there the crumpled
remains of 8 Widows bonnet.
A little down the road is a large vacant
| furniture store in which thirteen Corpses
were fostering, only six Of them men, the
rest women and children. Most of the
| thirteen corpses had not yet been ideuti-
| fed by friends and their countenanc, 5
were mutilated and their clothing SO
drabbled with dirt and blood that it is
| doubtful if thay
CAN BE IDENTIFIED.
One little woman, terribly msr-
gled, lay motionless by q little
babe, toward which she was
! partly turned.
! Across the room was stalWart man on
his back dead, but with his right arm
raised in agony and his fist tightly
| clenChed.
over in the big schooihouse two more
| corpses were still u-CO1ltned.
Wounded to the number Of forty filled
the fire engine house up stairs and down,
and some faithful ladies' and girls who
had scarcely slept since the wreck were
! at the bedsides as on yesterday. In ad-
dition to these there were g score Of III
jured distributed among private resi-
! dences in the town, too badly hurt TO be
removed. A few hours had scarcely
elapsed when the scene at the depot and
other morgues was completely trans
| formed. large force OF men were set
TO work boxing up the dead and for
warding them to Peoria. They succeeded
admirably well and long before noon had
the appearances so changed that q chance
visitor in ChatsWorth could scarcely have
believed it the city of horrors it was last
night and this morning.
UNLYjONE THEORY.
President Leonard of the Toledo
Peoria and Western Company said he
could in no way account for the accident
unless on the presumption that the bridge
was set on fire by feDds for the purpose
of wrecking the train and robbing the
passengers.
When the dead body Of Edwin F
Adams was searched by one of his friends
neither his p)Cketb0ok nor watch coulC
be found, although he was known to have
started with large sum Of money. The
only cash found on him was $50 which BIZ
had hid in the watch pocket.
S. II. Smither Of Fork Haven, W. Va.
says that he saw q man who was pinneC
down by one of the cars o1er several per
SO0S near Uy SIOO 6ul LIS SClQ WEIGH J
they Would relta him.
HOW THE ALARM WAS SPREAD.
FOREST, Ill Aug. y News Of tht
disaster arrived at CnatsWorth abou
forty minutes after it occurred. The
peaceable residents Of the little towE were
suddenly awakened by an alarm which
was rurg simultant ously from all tht
alsrm boxes in the town. In q few mo-
ments everybody Wss on his or her feet
People were running through the streets
from all directions, all enquiring W. er
the fire wat. When the actual facts were
learned another alarm followed which
was soon reechoed by the bells Of all the
churches. The people made rush 70
the road to Piper City. Dr.. Vaughan @
Cbatsworth was almost the first to appeal
at the scene. He was seen by q reporte-
and told only what he saw.
"When | arrived l found the creates
confusion" he said. "Hell Itself coulC
not present more horrible picture. Men
and vomen were fighting with death anC
were ready to catch at g straw to ge
saved. One man held his
dead wife and little child OF
!. his arms while his own feet
were broken and fastened in the wreck
l relieved the unfortunate of his burden
and helped to drag him cut and bring
him to sleeper. One Of the creates
rnisfOrtuneS was tho fart that the WrecE